GEA invests EUR 50 million in German centrifuge production sites

Focus on sustainable production, including digitalized and automated processes

16-May-2023 - GEA will invest around EUR 50 million in the modernization of its German centrifuge production facilities in Oelde (North Rhine-Westphalia) and Niederahr (Rhineland-Palatinate) by the end of 2024. The engineering group made the announcement at a press conference marking the 130th anniversary of ...

Specialty and standard coffee beans can be sorted using multispectral imaging and artificial intelligence

01-Sep-2022 - Researchers in Brazil have developed a selection method performed directly with coffee beans in real time. It does not require roasting, does not destroy the samples and can be included as a step in the production process. The process of selecting specialty coffee beans entails three kinds of ...

Electrostatic separation technology enables protein enrichment of oilseed meals

Sustainable byproducts from agriculture

03-Mar-2022 - The world's population is growing - at the same time, resources are becoming scarcer and climate change is advancing. How can a growing population still be adequately fed in times of resource scarcity? Scientists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) are participating in the TRIBOTEC ...

A new method for removing lead from drinking water

Engineers have designed a relatively low-cost, energy-efficient approach to treating water contaminated with heavy metals.

27-Sep-2021 - Engineers at MIT have developed a new approach to removing lead or other heavy-metal contaminants from water, in a process that they say is far more energy-efficient than any other currently used system, though there are others under development that come close. Ultimately, it might be used to ...

Alfa Laval acquires unique technology to strengthen its position in sustainable beer production

18-Jan-2021 - Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has acquired Sandymount, a US-based beverage technology company with a unique and patented membrane technology to concentrate beer. The technology in combination with Alfa Laval’s extensive product range, ...

Fraunhofer IVV participating in the EU project "Circular Plastics Network for Training"

01-Jul-2019 - The intersector and multidisciplinary research project "Circular Plastics Network for Training" (C-PlaNeT) was approved in May 2019 within the framework of the H2020-MSCA-ITN-2019 Calls for European Joint Doctorates, with funding of almost 4 million euros. In total, 15 doctoral students (in the ...